This Time, To The Believed Path
Melancholy

"Leana, are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine…"

Forde dropped Leana on the bed and rested in front of her.

Leana's face looked a little pale than usual.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm right about nothing. I wasn't hurt at all. Look-ugh!"

"Leanna!"

As Leana moved to raise her hand, she felt a pain in her arm. The place where Elyn grasped it firmly.

"Leana, can you take your shirt off for a second? I just wanted to check your arm."

Leana instantly flushed. His eyes swam in various directions for a moment before finally nodding in embarrassment.

"Thank you, Leana. I'll help you take off your shirt."

Forde opened Leana's dress slowly and found a bruise that formed a grip on her arm.

"That damn woman... How dare..."

Forde growled angrily seeing Leana get hurt. He got up and walked away.

Before reaching the exit, he turned to Leana.

"I'll go take

"Leana, I'm back."

When Forde returned with the medicine box in hand, he found Leana who was silent immersed in her own thoughts.

"Leanna?"

Leana regained her senses when Forde was already nearby and took her hand to treat.

"Sorry to trouble you."

"It's not your fault."

'Part of it is my fault too...'

Forde already had a bad premonition when Leana got a tea party invitation from the Empress.

Forde initially dismissed the premonition because he was happy that Leana could make new friends.

But in the end his premonition was only getting stronger until he could not calm down.

When his mind was not focused on the meeting he was facing, he accidentally smashed the pen in his hand which instantly made his bad premonition unable to bear anymore.

He immediately left the meeting and went to the party.

Since Forde was not an invited guest, he had to obtain permission first from the Empress.

The impatient Forde wanted to immediately break through the bodyguards before him but soon the Empress came directly to him.

The Empress had not given him permission to enter the tetaoi because of the commotion in the party, Forde immediately went to tenpat Leana regardless of the people around him.

In the end, his bad feeling came true.

He had no idea what was going on there but Forde was convinced that he would hate those who would only let his wife be humiliated.

When Forde finished testing Leana, he looked at his wife who was lost in thought.

He was used to seeing Leana thinking so deeply that he was unaware of her surroundings, but this time he felt something different than usual.

Leana's face looks disturbed by something and she knows the same expression she was putting on before.

"Leana, is there something you're thinking about?"

Leana regained her senses and returned her gaze.

"No. Nothing."

Leana immediately replied

"Why were you hesitating then?"

Leana jerks. His eyes then turned away from Forde.

Forde learned of Leana's nature in her first life based on what she heard.

But in his current life, his wife had always been firm and confident in dealing with the problems before him.

The only one who can make any doubt in his wife's actions is only one.

"Is there anything to do with your first life?"

As Leana's body reacted to her words, the guess Forde had was right on his target.

"Leanna."

Forde grabbed Leana's hand and rubbed the back of her hand.

"Didn't you promise not to bear all the burdens alone? This time I was there to help you. I also want to carry the burden you have."

Leana's lips opened with doubt. He felt his dry throat tormenting him more and more as time went on.

"The youngest daughter of Baron Puosca…"

"You mean the woman who was talking senseless?"

Leana nodded weakly.

"Elyn Puosca, she was your second wife in the first life…"

Leana wanted to immediately let go of her hand but Forde was unwilling to take it off.

Maybe he wasn't allowed to.

"Haa.. this is crazy…"

Forde snorted and chuckled.

Leana who did not dare to look at him did not know what expression her husband was putting on right now.

But to be sure, Leana herself felt restless.

"Did I get married after divorcing you?"

"No. You remarried seven years after our divorce."

Seven years after their divorce, the news that Marquis Grandall had remarried had finally spread to the corners of the empire.

At that moment Leana felt something mixed in her mind. A feeling of calm and relief.

He was really grateful that Forde finally got the woman of his choice and could be happy together.

At first he did not want to join canpur but out of curiosity, he also sought information about Forde's second wife.

Unlike today, Elyn Puosca had a disease that left her lying down for almost eight years.

He who felt his death was near made a plea to his father, Baron Puosca to be able to marry the Marquis Grandall.

The man who had stolen his heart at first sight.

The baron went to the Grandall residence and delivered the message which Forde later received.

Not long after they held a closed wedding ceremony and after that no other news came out in social circles.

Many rumors say that Elyn continues to lie in her bed because of her worsening illness.

While Forde itself is reportedly still obediently undergoing his duty to guard the border and rarely at the Grandall residence.

In addition, no one knows the status of the Grandall couple.

Three months after their marriage, Elyn Puosca reportedly died of her illness and Forde returned to his residence two months later.

Based on eyewitness accounts from people who were around him at the time, Forde himself behaved normally without showing his emotions so that the nobles began to think of him as a cold, heartless man.

One month later, a magic labyrinth appears in Orzxenberg and Forde loses his life while encountering a new kind of monster.

As his ex-wife, though he has no fond memories of her, Leana is saddened.

But at the same time, she also felt she had no right to care about her ex-husband.

"I didn't know my own feelings at the time. I always thought that maybe you could live better…"

Given the incident again, it might have been Leana always felt guilty to Forde.

He had wasted his time and was ultimately unable to repay his kindness.

Until now, the feeling had persisted in his mind and it was possible that it was the reason why he could not face Forde properly.

Because he always thought that he had no right to be with her.

"Leanna."

Forde gently kissed the back of his hand.

"You know? When you said that I was remarried, it felt like I wanted to kill myself at that moment."

Leana raised her face. Although her eyes were glazed over, not a single tear fell onto her cheek.

"Taking you off makes me sick, what else to be with. I think I'm going crazy."

Forde laughed, but his eyes looked like he was in pain.

"But after hearing your story, I get it."

Leana waited for the continuation of her words. He was really curious about the feelings Forde was expressing to him.

"I was so sure myself at that moment lost all hope. Appreciating myself maybe I don't care. I can imagine it."

Leana and Forde looked at each other. Close enough that Leana can read all her feelings.

"Leana, I can assure you that in my heart there is only you. I may have married another woman at the time but it was all done just to honor her last wish and not that I loved her."

Forde brought Leana's palm closer to her cheek and rubbed it.

"I don't care if I'm being a jerk in the eyes of others but I want to be the best just for you, Leana."

This time Forde kissed his palm and the two jade crystals looked back at him hotly.

If not for his locked hands, perhaps his body would have reflexively retreated away from him.

"When you choose me, you don't know how happy I am. I feel like I'm the happiest man in the world."

Forde buried his head in Leana's palm like a child.

This constantly changing attitude makes Leana do not know what to do.

"That's why Leana, just like how you saved me, I will also save you and keep you so that no one can touch you."

Leana instantly flushed red as a smile was etched on her husband's handsome face.

He could only nod in embarrassment and Forde chuckled.

Forde drew closer to Leana and fused their lips together.

Remove all remaining walls of doubt between them.